Circus acrobat on black ball, New York
Artist
Ilse Bing
(German, 1899 - 1998)
Date1936
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 13/16 × 11 1/8 inches (22.38 × 28.26 cm)
Mount: 13 13/16 × 16 5/8 inches (35.08 × 42.23 cm)
Mount: 13 13/16 × 16 5/8 inches (35.08 × 42.23 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.713
SignedSigned and dated on image recto, lower left corner, in silver ink: "ILSE BING / 1936"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a woman with legs extended into the air as she balances upside down on a large star-covered ball. Spotlights illuminate her from above.Gallery LabelIlse Bing used her smallformat, handheld 35 mm camera to record the spontaneous action of her athletic subject. Working with the scene’s dramatic, directional lighting, she composed an image with taut geometric structure, characteristic of her modernist vision.
Copyright© Estate of Ilse Bing, courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, N.Y.
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